Simple side dishes are as versatile as they are tasty, and it's good to have a few in your cooking repertoire. Maple roasted carrots and roasted bell peppers are great recipes to get started with, and it is a salubrious idea to include cabbage as well, for cabbage is a beneficial source of vitamins C, K, and B6.
Cabbage is a lovely vegetable as it can be consumed raw, fermented, steamed, sautéed, baked, or stuffed. To add to its charm, it is inexpensive as well, so a head or two goes a long way.
Perhaps the most common way to eat loads of cabbage is the form of sauerkraut, and truth is told, fermented foods are extremely wonderful for your well-being, but there are times when a more basic simmered cabbage will do. Add the spices you like, caraway is a good match, yet a classic combo of bacon and onion will do nicely too.
Choose a couple of firm heads of cabbage for this dish, both purple and green, to diversify the simpleness, and serve it with some slow-cooked spicy pulled pork. Make it a meal easy to prepare and clean up after. It is up to you whether you add some scrumptious sweet potato wedges or not.
Braised Cabbage Recipe
Serves: 4 Prep: 15 min Cook: 30 min
Ingredients
- 2 small cabbage heads cut into wedges
- 4 bacon slices
- 1 small onion, sliced
- ½ cup apple cider
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
- Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat, 2 to 3 minutes per side.
- Set bacon aside, keeping some of the bacon fat in the skillet.
- Add the cabbage wedges cut side down, and cook for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Add the onion and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Stir in the vinegar and cook over medium-high heat until reduced by half.
- Add the cider, reduce heat and bring to a light simmer; cover and cook for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Crumble the bacon and sprinkle on top of the cabbage and serve.
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Braised Cabbage Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 small cabbage heads cut into wedges
- 4 bacon slices
- 1 small onion sliced
- ½ cup apple cider
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat, 2 to 3 minutes per side.4 bacon slices
- Set bacon aside, keeping some of the bacon fat in the skillet.
- Add the cabbage wedges cut side down, and cook for 4 to 5 minutes.2 small cabbage heads cut into wedges
- Add the onion and season to taste with salt and pepper.1 small onion, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Stir in the vinegar and cook over medium-high heat until reduced by half.¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- Add the cider, reduce heat and bring to a light simmer; cover and cook for 15 to 20 minutes.½ cup apple cider
- Crumble the bacon and sprinkle on top of the cabbage and serve.
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